Esker

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    • An esker is a meandering ridge along a valley.
    • They are made of meltwater sands and gravels.
    • It is sorted.
    • They are formed by water flowing under a the glacier
    • The flowing water makes the rocks rounded, smoothening them.
    • When the river loses energy it begins to deposit the rocks.
    • When the glacier melts, tunnels are left behind with the deposited rocks inside.
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